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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 33542

Open-heart surgery that cuts away a weakened, bulging section of the heart's muscular wall, usually scar left behind by a previous heart attack. Removing the bulge and reclosing the wall lets the remaining muscle pump more effectively.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle cost?

$6,261

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,631$2,951 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$2,089 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $6,761
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $3,631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Tennessee· 43rd of 49

$6,261

$3,631 physician + $2,630 facility

IN $36,768MD $3,681

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.